Al-Tabari

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Al-Tabari was a prominent 9th–10th century Persian Muslim historian, theologian, and Qur’anic exegete best known for his monumental works "History of the Prophets and Kings" and "Tafsir al-Tabari."

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instanceOf Muslim
Persian scholar
Qur’anic exegete
historian
jurist
theologian
birthCountry Abbasid Caliphate
birthDate c. 839
birthPlace Amol
birthRegion Tabaristan
deathCountry Abbasid Caliphate
deathDate 923
denomination Sunni Islam
era 10th century
9th century
ethnicity Persian
familyName al-Tabari
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fieldOfWork Islamic history
Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic theology
Qur’anic exegesis
fullName Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
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givenName Muhammad
influenced later Qur’anic exegetes
later Sunni historians
influencedBy classical Arabic philologists
early Sunni hadith scholars
jurisprudentialSchoolFounded Jariri school
knownFor History of the Prophets and Kings
Tafsir al-Tabari
founding the Jariri school of law
kunya Abu Ja‘far
language Arabic
mainWork History of the Prophets and Kings
Tafsir al-Tabari
notableFor comprehensive narrative of early Islamic history
early systematic Qur’anic commentary based on transmitted reports
occupation Qur’anic commentator
historian
jurist
theologian
traditionist
placeOfDeath Baghdad
religion Islam
religiousTradition Sunni
titleOfWork Jāmi‘ al-bayān ‘an ta’wīl āy al-Qur’ān
Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk
workAlsoKnownAs History of the Prophets and Kings
Tafsir al-Tabari

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Samarra period describedBySource al-Tabari
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Quran 17:1 commentedOnBy Al-Tabari
Arab–Byzantine wars describedBySource al-Tabari
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Early Islamic period hasKeyFigure al-Tabari
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Al-Tabari fullName Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
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Al-Tabari familyName al-Tabari
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Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah usedAsSourceBy al-Tabari
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Khwaday-Namag usedAsSourceBy al-Tabari
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Ayat al-Kursi hasExegesisBy Al-Tabari
Abasa hasExegesisBy At-Tabari
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Abu Ja‘far al-Tabari fullName Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
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Tafsir al-Tabari author Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
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Tafsir al-Tabari author Al-Tabari
History of the Prophets and Kings author al-Tabari
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History of the Prophets and Kings authorName Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
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Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān author Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī
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Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān associatedScholar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī
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Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk author al-Tabari
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Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk authorName Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī
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Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk alternativeTitle Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī
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Jariri school foundedBy Al-Tabari
Jariri school namedAfter Al-Tabari
Jariri school hasNotableFigure Al-Tabari
Ibn Ishaq influenced al-Tabari
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al-Judi interpretedBy al-Tabari
subject linked to: al-Judi (per Islamic tradition)
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Islamic historiography hasKeyFigure al-Ṭabarī
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ʿĀm al-Ḥuzn mentionedBySource al-Ṭabarī
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Qur’an 46:5 commentedOnBy Al-Tabari
Qur’an 46:26 hasExegesisBy al-Tabari
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Quran 54:2 hasTafsirBy Al-Tabari
Hūr notableExegesisBy al-Ṭabarī
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Zanj Rebellion describedBySource al-Tabari
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Abbasid civil war of 865–866 documentedBy al-Tabari
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Quran 66:9 hasTafsirBy Al-Tabari